Beschrijving

Jeff Nichols — a man strong of conviction but weak of character — is fresh out of the Don Jail, looking for work — any kind of work — and a way back into Ann Ryan’s good graces. She waited for his return from prison but is quickly running short on patience. An ex-inmate and friend gets Jeff a job at Ted Bracey’s used car lot, selling cars for commission only. But it’s not enough to keep him and Ann afloat in mid-80s Toronto, and the lure of easy money soon gets Jeff involved in smuggling guns from upstate New York. With that sweet Poughkeepsie cash, now he can keep his promises to Ann; he even buys them a house, but conceals the source of the money. As Jeff gets in deeper and deeper, everyone around him learns how many rules he’s willing to bend and just how far he’ll go to get on the fast track to riches. That he’s a guy who doesn’t let lessons from past mistakes get in the way of a good score. Push to book trade publications (Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus, Booklist, Quill & Quire).Submit for review by mystery publications (Ellery Queen’s, Mystery Scene, The Strand).Pitch to major dailies (New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, National Post).Organize a targeted blog tour to drive pre-pub reviews.Continue to support author’s ongoing reading series events. Short DescriptionDietrich Kalteis’s latest mystery finds a couple of ex-cons teaming up with a shady used car dealer to import cars—plus a little something extra—across the New York border. Poughkeepsie Shuffle shows just how wrong a man will go to get right with the woman he loves.Sales and Market Bulletsthe setting is Toronto and New York in the 1980s, a decade that continues to hold appeal/fascinationthe plot surrounds gun smuggling and the use of guns, a continuously controversial and hot button topic For readers of Elmore Leonard and George Pelecanos Backlist promotion in advance of publicationAudienceReaders with an interest in crime fiction and dark humourReaders interested in regional history of Toronto, and/or gun smuggling